Apparatus for playing wind musical instruments.



, B. SAMUELS.,

' APPARATUS r01; PLAYING WIND musIcAI. INSTRUMENTS.

. APPLICATION TILED JULY 24, 1911. 1,046,654.

Patented Dec. 10,1912.

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0% 9 Mozz- UNITED STATES.

BERNARD SAMUELS, or SGHWERIN, GERMA APPARATUS FOR PLAYING WIND MUSICAL ms'riium nnrs.

Ton/Z1 whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, BERNARD SAM ELs, a

citizen of the Netherlands, residing at Schwerin, in the Grand Duchy of Meoklenburg, Germany, haveinvent-edcertain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Playing WVind- Musical Instruments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has forits object to pro-'- videmeans whereby a mouth wind musical instrument .can be played without the lnterruptions hitherto caused by the player having. to .take breath so that the sound can be sustained for any desired length of time or berepeated indefinitely as with a string musical instrument.

additionto the air which is breathed in the The invention has also for its object to provide means for relieving the lungs and 'the body in a hitherto unattalned manner.

According to the present invention-means is provided whereby a supply of air from a special'air supplying device is admitted into the cavity of the mouth of the player in usual manner bythe lungs. This is effected by. the provision of one or more small tubes used as a mouthpiece. One formof apparatus designed "to carry out this process is 6 show certain details separately on an enjlows for the special air supply.

larged scale'an'd Fig. 7 is a view of. a bel- As shown in Fig. l, a small mouthtube a i's-attached to a flute in such a manner that 4 it can enter the mouth of the player as it were automatically immediately on the instru'inent being hcidin position fo-r'playing. For this purpose the mouth tube a is adjusted specially in position for each player so that it will enter his mouth exactly at-the-proper place. The shape, size,

number and position ofthe mouth tube or tubes depends on the player, the instrument, on the players, mouth, teeth, palate, etc.,

and its material may vary also in each in- 1 dividual case. tube or tubes should be suited to the nature The diameter of the mouth iottheinstrument; for instance a hautboy needs amouth tube of smaller diameter be- (EaQHSeleSs air is consumed by 1t than a tuba.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 24, 1911.

Serial No. 640,313,151 1;;

so great as to distort' thefilipsofjthei player from thelr proper posit on, and" tlierefore such an. instrument: requ res. -t-\'vo" inouth millimeters in diameteri b r The complete additional'air supplying apmouth tube holderand the airsupplyirigdevice with a. flexiblap'ipe; 'more than one additional air-supplying apparatus may be required, as already'stated.

Fig. 2 is a viewof'a mouth tubefora composed of a, number 'offl sections, for instance three SGCtlOIlSdfb, c fitted one into Ineansof hinges and springs, or by means of flexible pipe sections so as toenable the tube to be adjusted into ny "desired position. The tube is intended to be held withf a gentle pressure against 'the roof of themouth changing position of the lips and mouth. c

supply pipe at (Figs. and") .";The metal strip which is bent around'theftube and has of the apparatus tothe. insfirumentancl for facilitating its adjustment thereon." The middle part of the mouth tube 6 and the lower parts are of round cross section. The upper part-a-is of pronounced ellipticalcross section and is bent in such a manner as to teeth directly along the roof or the mouth andover thetongue The mouth tube holder proper shown in Fig. 3, which is suitably constructed for each instrument, consists in the. case of a flute, of a metal part '9 with a screw 71 which may either be fixed directly to the instrument by means of screws, or asshown, be fixed on a metal strap 2' so that-it can be re.- moved as a whole from the instrument. The "strap. 11 which is about 5 millimeters broad and l millimeter thick may after adjustment, be clamped firmly around the instrument by means of a" screw is through the-lug land the screw thread in the part 9. When it is desired to use the mouth tubev the slotted strip f is slipped over the screw 72, and the latter is then screwed tight.-

paratus consists of 'the f-unOuthtube,the

another and connected together either by,

be able to discharge the air naturally and' without constraint through the lips and In the case of a tuba tl i' diameter wbuld be tubes, namely, one at eachsideof the 'infouth. v A- flute requires a mouth tube-oi about In some cases,

,flautist, adapted to the horizontal position of the flute 1n playing. This mout-h tube is while at the same timei'tca'n followthe .efver,--

is a bulb for the attachment ofthje fieziible I ,1 85 a slot in each end, servesf for', the; att chment The bellows (Fig. 7) employed for supplying the additional supply of air is provided with a non-return valve to prevent air being blown by the lungs into the bellows during the playing of the instrument. One end of the flexible pipe 11, is fixed on a bulb on the bellows and the other-end is f xed ona bulb e. The bellows is usually 1 laced in front of the seat of the player 1 no works it with his 'feet. The" player is thus enabled to regulate the quantity and pressure ofthe air as well as the duration of the air supply. In this manner the hereinbefore stated ad-,

vantages are obtained. Instead of using'a" bellows the air may be supplied continuously, for instance by a small motor fitted with air regulating mechanism. In such a case the player need not blow at all, but need only to set his lips properly to the instru-'' ment. He then breathes through his nose. The flexible 'pipe n may be conveniently held in the recess between the thumb and forefinger of the left hand and passes thence ascertained the nature of my said invention ,S Il1ment, comprising in combination, a

and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is:

1. An attachment for a flute or similar supply air under pressure pressure to said mouth-piece,

mouth-piece adapted to be inserted in the,

pla ers mouth, means to adjustably attach:

sai. mouth-piece to the instrument in position to have its end adjacent to' the blowopening and sufliciently removed from the instrument to extend into the players mouth when the instrument is being played, and

means to supply air under pressure to sald mouth-piece.

2. An attachment for a flute or similar instrument, comprising in combination, a tube located beside the flute or other-instrument, an offset mouth-piece carried by said tube and adapted to be inserted in the players mouth to one side of the blow opening, means to adjustably attach said tube to the instrument in posltion to bring said mouth piece adjacent the blow-opening,

to said mouthpiece through said tube.

3. An attachment for a flute or similar instrument, comprisingin combination, a mouth-piece adapted to be inserted 1n the players mouth, means to ad us tably attach said mouth-piece to the instrument in posi- 'tion to have its end adjacent to the blowfor supplying air under said adjustable attaching means consisting of strap surrounding the mouth-piece, a second-strap surrounding the instrument, a bloc]; connecting said straps, and screws for tightening said straps on the mouth-piece and instrument respectively.

opening, and means and means to In testimony whereof I afiix my signature g in presence of two witnesses. BERNARD SAMUELS.

Witnesses:

ELISABETH HELLMUTH, For arm FEU'ERLEIN. 

